Why do we need to build so many new house?

worldwheeler

Why, in a country who's birth rate has been falling since the late '60's do we need so many new homes?
The answer I think can be found by reading between the lines of some recent revelations from the home office. This realisation that our prisons and our streets were home to a lot of foreign criminals prompted the home office statement " we took our eye of the ball " in explaining this disturbing fact. This was that for many years the government had been shooting for a goal of maximise immigration. This goal was to achieve another aim the government had, that of maintaining an ever price rising housing market. The other control, being income, had staggered in the late '90's. So the government had sort to adjust the other control, DEMAND. To do this immigration had to increase and so to stops came off and our borders operated a virtual open door policy with lax control checks. This is how so many foriegn criminals have now become lost the UK.

I wonder if I am the only one who thinks the scinario above has occurred?
Now what does the future hold for UK residants?

tomstickland

There was a very good article in our local paper about housing demand. In Gloucester / South West there is a net influx of UK nationals from other parts of the UK and way, way more single households, all of which create a demand for housing.

F_T_Buyer

worldwheeler wrote:

Why, in a country who's birth rate has been falling since the late '60's do we need so many new homes?

Have a look at this: http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/images/libimages/143.pdf

terrierlady

single parents, not enough council or housing association homes, single people who no longer want to live with their parents and a general lack of affordable housing, older people down sizing to free up larger homes for families. new homes fill a need for so many people.
Local councils who decide not to regenerate inner city areas, they could use up the redundant stock of terrace homes by modernisation, many of these homes are left to rot.

seven-day-weekend

There is much more demand for single-person or couples homes than there has ever been in the past. It's not just to do with birth rate, it's to do with the nature of society changing. There is comparatively, no w far more demand for small houses/apartments than ther is for large five bedroom houses.